When we start to pray, all sorts of troubles bypass us. Noticed? One has only to start trusting in the will of God, and life becomes easier.
But committing your life to God is hard. Man is by nature incredulous. I'm used to everything by myself. And without God, what are we? We can't even take care of ourselves. And if we can, then through swearing and scandals.
Instead of swearing, defending our point of view and rage, let's pray. Let's read David's prayer, it helps to soften the evil hearts of our offenders.
What is meekness?
Let's start by defining meekness. Why should we do this? Because the prayer we need contains this word. The prayer "Remember, Lord, King David" will be given a little later. Now let's move on to parsing the definition.
What is meekness? This is one of the Christian virtues. This is a divine quality. Man is created in the image and likeness of God, he must strive to be like the Creator in all hisdeeds and virtues.
The Savior is the clearest example of meekness. Look, He was crucified for the sins of the human race. He is God. God who became man. What for? To be closer to people, to save them from death and sin. And really God could not do without a fierce and shameful execution for you and me? Could, of course. But this is where His meekness is revealed. Meekness is humility. God in His love ascended the Cross to save sinners.
Meekness is a calm attitude towards everything. This is a refusal of revenge, a person does not respond with evil for evil. It is humility and patience. Condescension towards other people and exactingness towards oneself.
By the way, one of the gospel commandments mentions meekness:
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Why are we angry?
Evil is not from God. Before you start shouting, stamping your feet and cursing loudly, let's remember the prayer "Remember King David." Slowly inhale, read it mentally and exhale.
When we swear, we thereby make the luskis and the okies happy. Their goal is to take over the human soul. And show God how His creatures are like unclean spirits. Let's not succumb to provocations from the servants of hell.
Yeah, easy to say. And try to remain silent when they undeservedly scold and shout. Let them scold, let them shout. We immediately remember David's prayer and create inwardly.
Remember why we get angry? The enemy incites us, and we follow his lead. This is also called "negative emotions", which we are recommendednot to hold back, but to throw off by shouting.
We are scolded
Oh, how embarrassing. When the boss calls "on the carpet" and let's humiliate us in vain. You stand red, you don’t know from shame where to hide your eyes. And okay, if we deserve it. And if not? What to do here? Start making excuses? Get irritated and raise your tone?
No way. We stand, we are silent, and silently we make a prayer "Lord, remember King David." This is her short name. The full text will appear below.
The chief continues to "take out the brain"? Nothing, let's be patient. Let's pray mentally while he screams.
What kind of prayer?
Here we are all talking about prayer again. And what is she? David's Meekness Prayer is:
Remember, Lord, King David and all his meekness.
Short, right? It's very easy to remember. Then we remember and resort to it in case of need.
When to pray?
What helps the prayer of King David "and remember all his meekness, Lord"? From scandals and abuse. In a silent confrontation with an evil and cruel person. Humility conquers anger. And let them tell us that if we are silent, then we are cowardly and show our weakness. This is not true. If we do not answer abuse with abuse, then this does not indicate weakness in any way. Only a strong person is able to shut up in time, and even more so to pray for his offender.
How to pray?
Do I have to go to church to pray? Not necessary. The prayer "Remember, Lord, King David" is read when it is necessary to protect oneself from the wrath of others. She softens an evil heart. And you can read it along the way "to the showdown".
In fact, if a person knows that he will have to communicate with someone cruel and vicious, then on the way to meet him, let him mentally read the prayer of King David. He asks God for help, intercession and mitigation of aggression and the flow of anger.
How to thank for the help?
We love to ask and are not shy. And we often forget to say thank you. However, when David's prayer helped us, we must thank the Lord for it.
How? Everything is simple. We go to the temple and order a thanksgiving service. And not on the principle that they ordered and forgot. No, we remain at the prayer service, sincerely pray and thank.
If there is absolutely no opportunity to visit the temple, then thank you at home. We read the akathist "Glory to God for everything", for example.
Don't be lazy. God is not lazy when he wakes us up in the morning. Or when he answers our prayers, knowing we won't even thank you.
Who is David of Gareji?
We were talking about David's prayer and suddenly we went in a completely different direction. What is it for. And to the fact that this saint helps with infertility, with other female diseases and during childbirth.
Reverend David came from Syria to Georgia. It was in the middle of the VI century. The saint settled in Tbilisi. And he began to preach the Christian faith. Naturally, they took up arms against himfor this the pagan priests. They began to think how to slander the saint. They persuaded a girl of dubious behavior to help in this vile business. Namely, to declare publicly that Saint David is the father of her unborn child.
Nothing happened to the priests. At the trial, David touched the girl's belly with his staff and asked about his paternity. And the womb answered him: "No." The girl, in front of the astonished people, immediately gave birth to a stone. And David, in memory of the intercession of the Lord, asked Him for a healing spring on that mountain.
Since then, Orthodox Christian women have resorted to the saint for help in their female diseases.
How to pray to a saint?
Is there a prayer to David of Gareji. Of course, not alone. He works real miracles, which becomes known. The icon of the saint is in one of the churches in Moscow. Namely, in the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity on Pokrovka, 13.
And here is a prayer to David of Gareji:
Oh, bright, blasphemous Abba David, holy of God! You, by the power of the good Legislator, appeared to us, bound and overwhelmed by the wiles of the evil one, as a mentor in repentance and an assistant in prayer. For this reason, many gifts of grace and wonderworking have been given to you, the resolution of our sins and transgressions, the healing of illnesses and the expulsion of the devil's slander. By the same token, your fatherly mercy in the divine understanding, your laborious prayers and prayers, and especially your unceasing intercession for us, may the Lord God raise us into sinhaving fallen, by His invincible power, on every visible and invisible enemy, so that thankfully making your holy memory, we desire to worship the Eternal God in the Trinity, the One, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and forever and ever. Amen.
A little about miracles
Let's learn more about the prayer of David of Gareji. And about what miracles happen to those who turn to this saint.
As mentioned above, it helps in women's diseases and infertility. Especially popular is holy water from a prayer service in front of the icon of St. David. Here are some reviews of the miracles of it can be found:
- Have not had 18 years of children since the birth of the first child. The woman began to drink water, became pregnant. Three years after the second birth, sorting out her reserves, she found this water and drank it. Got pregnant with third child.
- Another woman couldn't have children for a very long time. I began to regularly drink water with a prayer service. Now a happy mother.
- The clergyman's wife was in storage. He brought her water from the prayer service, and mother gave water to her neighbors in the ward. A streak of recovery has begun.
Returning to King David
Who is King David? Quite a versatile personality. The second Jewish (Israeli) king. If you trace his history, he did absolutely terrible things. For example, he married Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite. He was sent to certain death. And here you can see the fall of King David.
But what made him different from other historical figures? Ability to accept criticism. If the same Ivan the Terrible killed the accuserhis Metropolitan Philip, David acted differently. After the prophet Nathan denounced the crime of David, he repented. And his repentance was very great.
Prayer in Brief
How to pray correctly? This question is probably asked by every person. There is no prayer, inside everything is stone. You read, you read, but only with your lips you pronounce prayer words. The heart is deaf.
The Lord accepts even our intentions. If the heart is cold, then you cannot stop praying. On the contrary, you must force yourself to pray. I don't feel like it, laziness, fatigue - these are all familiar excuses. No strength to stand? Sit down. It is better to sit and think about prayer than standing about your feet. Do you know this phrase?
Just don't use it regularly. When you are really very tired and have no strength to stand, you can sit down. But the sitting position gives relaxation. We sit, relax and no longer think about prayer, but bask. It's good that we are not lying down.
One priest, a former military man, said these words about sitting in prayer. When we come to work to the boss, we are afraid of him, if not to say - we are afraid. We go into the office and wait until she invites us to sit down. We don't plop down on a chair without his permission?
And God - he is much higher than the boss. And he should be more respected. If we are afraid of man, then what can we say about God?
There are practically no shops in Orthodox churches. This is because the person who came to the service is not in the theater. He came, sat down, looked and left. No, in our church the person who came is a direct participant in the service.
Summarizing
In the article we talked about the prayer of King David. The theme of prayer to David of Gareji was also touched upon. Let's highlight the main aspects:
- King David's Prayer is read when protection from evil and softening of a cruel heart is needed.
- You can create it on the go, for example, going to work and knowing that you will be called to the boss for a serious conversation.
- David of Gareji is treated for infertility. It helps in women's diseases and in childbirth.
- There are known cases of healing through the prayers of the saint. Examples are given above.
Conclusion
Now the reader knows who to pray to in case of need for protection from evil. The prayer of David, the second king of Israel, will help. And after the help is received, one should not forget about gratitude.
